Lebanon
enters written history with the Canaanites in the third millennium BC, but
archaeology demonstrates that it had a history stretching back far beyond
that. At Byblos, which can justifiably claim to be one of the oldest
continually inhabited sites in the world, archeologists discovered a
settlement 7000 years old. During the third millennium BC Egyptian ships
came to Byblos to acquire cedar wood, and Lebanon was coveted by the
rulers of Egypt . . .[read
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Official Name

Republic
of Lebanon

Flag

Regime

Republic

Government

Lebanon
has a parliamentary system of government and a cabinet headed by a prime minister.
Its constitution is based on the separation of the executive, legislative and juridical
powers, with a president elected for a six-year term. The 128 members of parliament are elected by universal
adult suffrage for a four - year term.

Capital

Beirut

Surface
Area

10,452
km2

Population

4
Million

Language

Arabic,
French, English

Time

GMT
+2 in winter and GMT +3 in summer. Summer
time goes into effect the last Sunday of March and ends the last Sunday in
October at 12 midnight.